Friday, August 17, 2018

 

My Man Messalla

Tacitus, Dialogue on Oratory 15.1 (tr. W. Peterson, rev. M. Winterbottom):
"My dear Messalla," Aper rejoined, "you are never done admiring what is old and out of date, and that alone, while you keep pouring ridicule and scorn on the culture of the present day."

Tum Aper: "Non desinis, Messalla, vetera tantum et antiqua mirari, nostrorum autem temporum studia inridere atque contemnere."



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